Belgium vs Netherlands: Probability of dying that year, among males
Belgium
0.4%
in 2023
Netherlands
0.4%
in 2023
Belgium rank
201st
Netherlands rank
202nd
Probability of dying that year, among males over time
- Belgium
- Netherlands
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 169 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Netherlands ahead.
Belgium ranks 201st and Netherlands ranks 202nd of 236 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 11 and Netherlands in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 16.7% | 22.2% | 5.5% | Netherlands |
| 1860s | 16.6% | 22.4% | 5.8% | Netherlands |
| 1870s | 15.8% | 23.2% | 7.5% | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 17.5% | 21.0% | 3.5% | Netherlands |
| 1890s | 17.9% | 18.6% | 0.6% | Netherlands |
| 1900s | 16.5% | 15.3% | 1.2% | Belgium |
| 1910s | 15.2% | 12.2% | 3.0% | Belgium |
| 1920s | 11.5% | 7.5% | 4.1% | Belgium |
| 1930s | 9.7% | 4.7% | 5.0% | Belgium |
| 1940s | 8.8% | 4.7% | 4.1% | Belgium |
| 1950s | 4.6% | 2.4% | 2.2% | Belgium |
| 1960s | 2.8% | 1.7% | 1.2% | Belgium |
| 1970s | 1.9% | 1.2% | 0.7% | Belgium |
| 1980s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | Belgium |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying that year, among males, Belgium or Netherlands?
- Belgium, at 0.4% against 0.4% in Netherlands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying that year, among males between Belgium and Netherlands?
- 0.0%, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Netherlands?
- 169 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2023.
- How do Belgium and Netherlands rank globally for probability of dying that year, among males?
- Belgium ranks 201st and Netherlands ranks 202nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying that year, among males. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.